Click to exit300 bedrooms, 90 superior en suite rooms Meeting rooms that can accommodate 22 to 125 people Main dining hall can seat 190 for all meals 20 parking spaces on site, more parking can be arranged A short walk to the city centre
Selwyn is renowned for the excellence of its food and offers a choice of accommodation. Our new building, Ann’s Court, has 84 superb comfortably furnished en suite bedrooms. The Old Court provides a taste of traditional College life whilst the modern study bedrooms in Cripps Court are currently being re-furbished to provide extra economical en suite rooms. Its location affords easy access from the M11 and its proximity to the lecture facilities on the Sidgwick site makes it an ideal choice for a wide range of dining options.
 Main Dining Hall
Oak panelled Victorian Dining Hall with an ornate arch dominating the raised High Table. This room comes equipped with a PA system and has easy access from the Chadwick Room and the New Senior Combination Room.
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190 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 New Senior Combination Room
Modern panelled room overlooking Old Court. This room, once reserved for Fellows, is now available for day meetings, lunches, dinners and receptions.
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90 | 120 | - | - | - | 40 | - |
 Diamond Room
The College's largest meeting room with high ceilings, located in the peaceful Cripps Court. Please not for classroom style set up this room can accommodate 20 tables, which can seat 2 people comfortably.
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 Chadwick Room
Comfortable air-conditioned room with wheel chair access and views over Old Court. Entrance foyer with cloakrooms. The room has folding wooden door at the rear and can be easily partitioned.
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 Tower Room
Located above the Porters' Lodge this refurbished room has a whiteboard, data projector and internet access. This room comes complete with toliet facilities and kitchenette.
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 Walters Room
Ground floor seminar room with bay window seat overlooking Old Court.
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Selwyn offers a choice of accommodation. Our new building, Ann's Court offers superb comfortably furnished en-suite bedrooms as pictured on the right. The Old Court provides a taste of traditional college life whilst the modern study bedrooms in Cripps Court have a shower shared by two rooms.
| Single Ensuite | 100 rooms |
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| Single Standard | 200 rooms |
| Twin Ensuite | 0 rooms |
| Twin Standard | 0 rooms |
| Disabled | 6 rooms |
| Total: | 306 rooms |
Selwyn College can provide anything from a formal dinner, served in the impressive Dining Hall to a summer garden party, with sparkling wine and croquet on the lawns. The main Dining Hall seats 190; the Borradaile Room, which is beautifully decorated with wood panelling, a chandelier and watercolours of local scenes, can seat 30 and the New SCR can accommodate 90 guests.
Using local produce where possible, Selwyn College can also cater for vegan, lactose-free and gluten-free diets on request. A licensed bar is also available.
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Selwyn College takes its name from George Augustus Selwyn , who was the first Bishop of New Zealand (1841-68) and later Bishop of Lichfield (1868-78), and in whose memory the College was founded. The College crest incorporates the Selwyn family arms and those of the Diocese of Lichfield.
The distinctive red-brick Victorian Old Court is Tudor Gothic in style, much of it designed by architect Sir Arthur Blomfield. The Court comprises seven staircases (on which members of the College live and teach), as well as the Tower and Gateway, Master's Lodge, Chapel and Dining Hall and lovely Gardens.
Building began on the gateway and on A and B staircases in 1880 on six acres of farm-land purchased from Corpus Christi College, and at the time many considered the site too far removed from the centre of Cambridge. However, due to the steady growth of the University, Selwyn now stands at its geographical heart. The College itself expanded in the late 1960s with the building of Cripps Court; it was also one of the first Colleges to become mixed, admitting women in 1976.
The College opened in time for the beginning of the academic year in 1882, when 28 undergraduates were admitted. The teaching staff comprised the Master, the Tutor and one non-resident lecturer. Today the College is the home to around 360 undergraduate and 130 postgraduate students, drawn from universities all over the world, the Master and more than 60 Fellows. Former students from Selwyn College have become prominent in many walks of life, including the actor Hugh Laurie, barrister and television presenter Clive Anderson, the Rt Hon John Gummer MP, and writer Robert Harris (author of ' Enigma ' and ' Fatherland ').
The College has a committed and friendly body of non-academic staff numbering around 110.
"Selwyn meals, Selwyn service, Selwyn attention are head and shoulders above the others. "
Ben Wiley, Florida Consortium/Cambridge Summer Schools, University of South Florida, Tampa
